.net (magazine)

"'.net"' is a monthly Internet magazine published in the United KingdomUK by Future Publishing. Founded in 1994, ".net" magazine is published every four weeks (13 issues per year). The magazine is aimed at professional and amateur web designers, and a significant proportion of its readers are full-time web developers. The front cover features artwork from different graphic designers. Digital art and designers are also catered for in the magazine, with a dedicated section called '/showcase'. In January 2007, the first was launched, immediately placing at no.5 in the technology podcasts section of iTunes.

'.net' was previously sold under the name "Web Builder" in the United StatesUSA. In December 2006, it took on the name of "Practical Web Design" in the wake of that particular publication's closure in the UK.

Artwork is still a key part of the magazine, and it features various web designers' work in a dedicated section each issue.

Content
Usually, each issue contains the following sections:
;/inbox:Letters from magazine readers.. A Mail of the Month is chosen by the editorial staff that wins a £50 book voucher for books by technology publisher O'Reilly MediaO'Reilly. This has been subject of controversy. In issue 154 (October 2006), a letter was published from Lee Crampton pointing out that the and other web technologies are particularly popular, and in 2004, the tutorial section was moved from the main body of the magazine, dubbed 'Web Builder', and bound separately. As a result, '.net' was sold with 'Web Builder' as two magazines in the same package. However, due to negative response from the readership, '.net' reintegrated the 'Web Builder' supplement.

Staff
'.net' is currently edited by Dan Oliver. Past editors include Paul Douglas, Dave Taylor, Richard Longhurst and Lisa Jones.

There are currently five full-time staff working on '.net magazine'. These are editor Dan Oliver, art editor Rob Bowen, operations editor Tom May, deputy editor Oliver Lindberg and designer Leanne O'Hara. Acting site editor as of issues 165 onwards is Jim McCauley. Regular writers include Craig Grannell, Elliot Jay Stocks, Paul Wyatt, Karl Hodge, Paul Hudson, Christian Hall and Gary Marshall.

Redesign
In August 2006 (Issue 152), the magazine was redesigned to include a new themed cover design and a new inner layout. Other changes were the addition of a new section at the back of the magazine called 'Trash' replacing comics by Drew (webcomic artist)drew and the Hi! Monkey was a regular column written by monkey from . Monkey was originally featured in the magazine’s interview in October 2005 (issue 141). His subsequent columns highlighted monkey’s unique writing style as he expounded on a number of eclectic topics. It ran from issue 143 (December 2005) to issue 151 (July 2006) when the magazine was redesigned. are hidden on monkey's site. Soon after the redesign a column entitled 'Web Drifter' was introduced; written by Martin Sargent, it usually contained issues and language considered vulgar by the readership, and it was subsequently cancelled.

In issue 152, the 'Penny Forum''Penny Forum' is a short piece with any surreal or joke threads from the magazines forum section was removed but reinstated for issue 153 onwards due to large reader response to its removal. Another addition was 'Web Pro' in the latter half of the magazine. This is sectioned into several topics (web security, careers, search engine news and web hosting) and written by industry professionals. There is also a web FAQ section.

History
'.net' was compared to Create onlineCre@te online following its redesign. Crea@te was very much a style-led magazine, also produced by Future Publishing, but included technical articles as well, attempting to demonstrate the convergence of digital arts with software development.

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